Matthew 27:29-39

29 They plaited a crown from branches of a thorn bush and set it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand for a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mocking reverence: "Bravo, King of the Jews!" they said. "Bravo!"
30 Then they spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick.
31 When they had had their fun, they took off the toga and put his own clothes back on him. Then they proceeded out to the crucifixion.
32 Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus' cross.
33 Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call "Skull Hill,"
34 they offered him a mild painkiller (a mixture of wine and myrrh), but when he tasted it he wouldn't drink it.
35 After they had finished nailing him to the cross and were waiting for him to die, they whiled away the time by throwing dice for his clothes.
37 Above his head they had posted the criminal charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Along with him, they also crucified two criminals, one to his right, the other to his left.
39 People passing along the road jeered, shaking their heads in mock lament:
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